Three freedom fighters were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Indian occupied Kashmir on Friday amid widespread protests across the divided Himalayan region, police said. Police said all the dead from the shootout in Shopian district were freedom fighters, but villagers insisted one was a local youth, Jasim Shah.
They said the teenager's body was found in an orchard near the site of the battle.
"Jasim was with the militants for the last three days, so he too was a militant. What else we can call him," occupied Kashmir police official Munir Khan told AFP.
Dozens of rallies involving hundreds of people were held across occupied Kashmir calling for action over the conflict.
Holding placards and banners, protesters appealed to the world community to resolve the long pending disputes of Kashmir and also Palestine.
Protesters also gathered in occupied Srinagar and chanted anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans.
The protests were in response to calls from local Kashmiri leaders to observe the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan as "Palestine and Kashmir Day".